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John Lennon
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First source (9)
  • honeymoon bed-in for peace with Yoko Ono
  • told people "War Is Over! (If You Want It)" on billboards
  • "Imagine"
  • made people feel togetherness
  • wrote depressing songs as well, such as "Mother"
  • songs showed his depression, "I'm A Loser," "Help!"
  • Imagine Peace Tower, beam of light that shoots 13,000 feet up into the sky on a clear night that says "Imagine Peace"
  • memorial in Central park that says "Imagine", where people often decorate with peace signs made out of flowers
  • was an ardent supporter of peace
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Second Source (11)
  • was very optimistic even with the Beatles, with songs like "All You Need is Love"
  • collaborated with other musicians on "Give Peace A Chance", which inspired people to support peace
  • attended demonstrations against the Vietnam War
  • supported many radical groups
  • John Lennon Museum
  • John Lennon Park
  • quote - "You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die."
  • wasn't that political at first, especially at the beginning of the Beatles
  • saw himself as being radical and anti-authority
  • donated to charity a lot
  • songs were often analyzed because people wanted to find plans to take down the government

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Third Source (5
  • performed at "Live Peace in Toronto" in 1969
  • had visions for a peaceful world, which was shown in his songs
  • performed in the film "How I Won the War," about the absurdities of the Vietnam War
  • quote - "If everyone demanded peace instead of a television set, then there'd be peace."
  • song about peace - "Mind Games"

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  • "In My Life"
  • songs talked about life's uncertainties, struggles, irony, absurdities, and possibilities
  • could make painful lyrics sound sweet
  • wrote books "In His Own Life," "A Spaniard In The Works," "Skywriting Work of Mouth"
  • songs were all of different genres
  • first song was "Hello Little Girl"
  • many of his songs just came to him, and didn't require a lot of effort to write (like "Across The Universe")
  • at the beginning of the Beatles, went through a phase where he tried to be like Bob Dylan
  • spent 5 hours trying to write "Nowhere Man"
  • went through a period he called his "marijuana period," which produced songs such as "The Word" and "Rain"
  • often helped others write their lyrics
  • "Tomorrow Never Knows" described as his "first psychedelic song" ("Tibetan Book of the Dead period")
  • "Doctor Robert" written about a doctor who showed his clients LSD
  • "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" about a drawing his son made in school, not the much believed LSD
  • based "A Day In The Life" on a bunch of stories he read in the paper
  • trip to India to visit Maharishi inspired him to write "Revolution," "Sexy Sadie," "Dear Prudence," "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," "I'm So Tired," "Yer Blues," and "Julia"
  • "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" about his relationship with Yoko Ono
  • "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" written on his honeymoon with Yoko Ono in 1969
  • "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" about Yoko
  • "Polythene Pam" about a real-life girl who dressed herself in polythene
  • "Sun King" came to him in a dream
  • wrote "One After 909" while cutting school
  • "You Know My Name, Look Up My Number" inspired by words he saw on a phone book on Paul McCartney's piano
  • "I'm The Greatest" inspired by Muhammed Ali's victory chance
  • "Old Dirt Road" written during a vodka binge
  • "John Sinclair" written as a request
  • "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" written for his son Sean
  • quote - "If it's real, it's simple usually. And if it's simple, it's true."

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